Moose Jaw's Brayden Point celebrates his goal during the Edmonton Oil Kings' WHL hockey game against the Moose Jaw Warriors at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Friday, October 19, 2012. CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN QMI AGENCY

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Edmonton's Tristan Jarry can't stop Moose Jaw's Brayden Point from scoring during the Edmonton Oil Kings' WHL hockey game against the Moose Jaw Warriors at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Friday, October 19, 2012. CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN QMI AGENCY

There was simply too much power in the Edmonton Oil Kings power play Friday night at Rexall Place.

It got to a point where Michael St. Croix was scoring power-play goals for fun as the Oil Kings breezed to a 5-1 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors in front of 6,010 fans.

St. Croix scored three goals with the man advantage, collecting his first hat trick of the year and fourth of his WHL career.

Curtis Lazar and Travis Ewanyk added the others for the Oil Kings, while rookie Brayden Point countered for the Warriors. Tristan Jarry turned away 23 shots in goal to collect his second win of the season.

“We don’t have any set thing that we have to do on the power play, we kind of roam around on it and do what we feel is necessary,” said St. Croix. “It’s funny, sometimes I’m all over the place. I can be up high or down by the side of the net. With guys like T.J. Foster, Dylan Wruck, Griffin Reinhart and Henrik Samuelsson, it’s a pretty special power play.”

The Oil Kings entered the game having lost three straight — two in shootouts — and four of their last five.

However, they weren’t messing around against the Warriors, who have put on a Jekyll and Hyde act this season.

There’s been very little middle ground for Moose Jaw, who seem to either win big or lose big.

“Obviously we played Moose Jaw in the playoffs last season and there’s still a lot of emotion because of that,” said St. Croix. “I think there’s been a lot of positivity in the dressing room the last few days. We’ve been trying to focus on the positives and it really showed in this game.”

Friday, the Oil Kings opened the scoring just under four minutes into the contest through Lazar, who was first to a rebound in front of Warriors goaltender Daniel Wapple.

The Warriors tied the game five minutes later as Point crossed the blue-line on a rush and snapped a shot past Jarry, who was making just his fourth start of the season.

“He dragged it around our defenceman, it was a good play by him,” said Jarry. “He got in close and I was just waiting for him to shoot and by the time he shot, I was just a little late for it.”

The goal was the only blemish of the night for Jarry and the Oil Kings, who from then on, took control of the contest.

St. Croix restored the Oil Kings lead with his first of the night, collecting the puck in the slot and firing a shot over Wapple’s shoulder.

Ewanyk added a third before the end of the period, collecting Mitchell Moroz’s spoils in front.

The Oil Kings increased their lead in the second, as St. Croix scored two more power-play goals.

Midway through the frame, St. Croix converted a cross-ice feed from Dylan Wruck, then minutes later, collected a rebound in front and calmly slid it into the net.

The goal was St. Croix’s 99th career marker as an Oil King, leaving him a goal away from becoming the first to reach the century mark in the club’s modern era.

“Our power play is very good,” said Oil Kings head coach Derek Laxdal. “The five man unit throws the puck around very well. They have a tendency to get a little perimeter and then we challenge them to start jumping through seams and when they start jumping the seam, things will open up for them.

“That’s what happened on the third goal for Sticks (St. Croix). It’s been very nice to watch and it’s a treat for the fans. I know teams are going to start to break it down, but you have to give credit to those five kids on the ice.”